PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Gubergren labore lorem eirmod sit diam eleifend diam stet sed elit velit ea invidunt sea dolore. Accusam iriure diam dolore amet clita quis et dolor dolor et no stet sanctus. Duis dolore gubergren dolor lorem elitr et sea diam et justo eum. Ut et dolore kasd nonumy ad accusam vero diam accusam ipsum et est. Vero vero labore dolore ea. Ipsum diam exerci et sanctus dolore.
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Sample Output H4
Vel ea sanctus diam sanctus. Dolore labore sed amet dolore tempor eirmod. Consectetuer amet sanctus. No kasd magna clita lorem ut rebum erat lorem. Et consequat lorem lorem dolor at et eirmod sit liber nulla. Elitr wisi sea vel dolor minim et est dolore sed veniam at takimata amet. Tincidunt et accusam rebum eirmod magna. Clita hendrerit sit quis diam dolor enim consetetur justo justo eirmod delenit dolor amet molestie tincidunt. Dignissim sed minim magna amet takimata vero iriure dolor lorem dolor voluptua et sed et vel at lobortis justo. Ipsum et consetetur sed tempor hendrerit aliquyam diam diam voluptua sanctus.
Et consetetur elitr tempor ipsum et dolore et et stet ipsum luptatum. Nonumy sed in et nostrud aliquyam duo diam blandit lorem sit volutpat diam ipsum kasd labore soluta amet. Amet amet dolor erat at amet. Diam suscipit et justo sit dolor consetetur lorem sit sit duo amet delenit et ut labore. Nonummy erat praesent id stet dolore eirmod amet voluptua nulla et sadipscing eros dolor et. Dolor et magna illum gubergren dolor adipiscing kasd diam labore no vel exerci nonummy facilisi consetetur eu ipsum illum.
Sample Output H4
Iriure sed et est et ut dolor accusam vulputate diam lorem dolor sea elitr. Laoreet duis dolore sed sed invidunt et augue duis dignissim elitr. Justo erat autem nostrud magna justo feugait amet erat ipsum veniam rebum accumsan amet velit eirmod. Est dolores ex et amet odio erat et dolor vel eirmod nulla. Diam ut sanctus sadipscing labore vero sea eirmod placerat eos eos. Nonumy at ut justo vero amet ut sed et facilisi eirmod gubergren hendrerit. Dolor duo nihil eu ipsum nisl. Sanctus no clita ut minim clita clita magna vero vel ut justo voluptua gubergren feugiat consetetur. Diam ipsum tempor nisl eirmod dolore lorem dolor dolores rebum tempor nonumy vel stet. Ullamcorper rebum et.
Et tempor et lobortis dolor dolores. Justo takimata praesent te no at sit aliquip sit ipsum nulla duo voluptua dolor dolore ea ipsum vero. Eos justo sanctus nonummy clita diam wisi accusam dolor ut delenit facilisis sanctus accusam facilisi dolor eum. Diam sanctus ea nisl facilisis augue sed dolores ea. Voluptua amet kasd sed. Sanctus sed vulputate stet vel est. Clita lorem lorem magna ipsum ut sadipscing autem ut. Tempor vel consetetur nulla no. Vulputate voluptua tempor stet kasd. Consetetur duis accumsan exerci aliquyam ea elitr dolores et. At qui amet duis autem stet kasd duo vero sit sanctus diam delenit rebum magna ipsum zzril.
Sample Output H3
Dignissim veniam gubergren. Consequat no diam sea erat mazim consetetur facer. Et est et at nonummy vel diam voluptua magna ipsum. Diam justo duo autem id sed sed et et dolores dolor vulputate dolore sit. Dolor voluptua lorem et consetetur no kasd et gubergren in amet voluptua dolor duo sit vero tincidunt.
Erat soluta sed at adipiscing amet nulla gubergren vero blandit esse vel praesent aliquyam ut gubergren et est. Sea voluptua enim eos sea nonumy amet sanctus sanctus ea delenit sadipscing et dolore dolore dolores nulla gubergren. No et delenit ipsum iusto stet facer clita. Elitr vero sea dignissim dolor at duo sit eu lorem et in. Amet elitr consetetur ut laoreet aliquyam sit magna clita ut lorem accusam clita ea stet facilisi sit. Tempor diam nonumy autem magna sea gubergren sed kasd lorem invidunt ullamcorper gubergren sed et erat eirmod et sea. Facilisis ullamcorper kasd sed. Diam sea lorem laoreet te et et labore elitr enim ad elitr rebum clita tempor dolore sit. Dolor labore accumsan quod accusam labore labore at sea. Amet amet vero et lorem erat at adipiscing eu molestie lorem erat autem.
Sample Output H4
Consectetuer ut invidunt facilisi gubergren tempor rebum sit sed gubergren euismod tincidunt enim clita magna in dolor clita. Ut elitr dolor vel sadipscing sit dolor accusam accusam amet sed eos consequat ut at sea at dolor accusam. Sit tempor est. Sanctus placerat consetetur diam ipsum ea elitr sea. Hendrerit accusam sea iriure aliquyam sadipscing kasd hendrerit amet eros amet invidunt invidunt nonumy. Nonumy kasd nonumy autem diam rebum no ea suscipit ipsum sanctus magna sit diam eos eos sed et placerat. Nulla ea augue sit diam. Nonummy aliquyam consetetur no option liber ea et esse velit gubergren et dolore ipsum dolore. Est tincidunt vero elitr no duis vero lorem. Ipsum nostrud aliquyam gubergren vero dolores clita. Soluta est commodo lorem dolor dolore ea dolores erat nonumy liber dolor at dolor sanctus diam eirmod.
Eirmod consetetur et ea. Takimata qui consequat elitr et elit rebum et ipsum. Consequat magna dolor ipsum hendrerit sanctus eirmod at erat eos takimata lorem rebum sit nisl dolor. Commodo illum diam stet et accusam amet ipsum doming at diam. Duo takimata esse ipsum adipiscing ut accumsan quod invidunt dolor nulla duo assum lobortis quis. Sit odio sit lorem dolore no labore lobortis feugait clita sed. Facilisi sanctus dolor. Elit stet dolore ea ipsum takimata rebum imperdiet ipsum nonummy velit duis luptatum nonumy in adipiscing erat. Sit nonumy vel eos in gubergren vero sed diam aliquam erat duis invidunt.
Sample Output H4
Eu lorem at at sit sanctus tempor mazim. Sanctus consetetur facer erat sanctus. Tempor at sit nonumy no sed. Sea sanctus et invidunt voluptua nobis nostrud dolor lorem placerat vero. Duo invidunt dolor ullamcorper ut dolore sit kasd stet amet eum et eirmod et est clita vel molestie vel. Consequat aliquyam rebum justo est et erat et labore ut eos. Dolores veniam eirmod enim ut duo nostrud eum sanctus at ipsum lobortis. Amet ipsum est dolor nonumy luptatum elit no. Mazim eirmod est eirmod ut dolore diam sed. Kasd dolore sadipscing dolore placerat labore molestie sit enim at invidunt ipsum tation sea facilisi sed.
Vero augue consetetur. Exerci nostrud quis eos amet sed. Erat dolore rebum sed vero. Sit amet eum elit accusam sadipscing nonumy labore liber suscipit et ut. Lorem sanctus et veniam et et eirmod ex amet minim. Justo et no lorem et.
More Sample Output H2
Clita eum lorem iriure diam sadipscing takimata ipsum et est eu sanctus est eos eirmod clita. Magna wisi dolor elitr at takimata. Sit ut ipsum clita. Sit et diam sed vulputate est justo. Et sed facilisi est justo aliquyam eu dolore amet exerci. Dolore dolor magna erat lorem diam erat placerat takimata elitr ea.
Sit ea aliquip et ut sanctus ipsum duo autem odio voluptua ipsum. Illum vero amet accumsan. Duo sea et delenit sed lobortis diam elitr esse sea vel ea tation et illum labore. Dolor quod eleifend sed nobis voluptua invidunt. Voluptua magna nulla sit eos sanctus sea elit dolores. Clita sanctus eu takimata sit elitr sadipscing ut sed invidunt et et ipsum et vero takimata. Diam sea quis dolore dolore ipsum ea duis magna vel. Duo ea vero dolores. Takimata consequat sed amet et elitr accumsan in erat.
Sample Output H3
Luptatum diam lorem dolore eos zzril eirmod duo euismod at et tempor sea volutpat nulla lorem. Erat diam vel dolore luptatum eros eum liber amet augue tempor luptatum duo. Dolor ut ipsum et aliquam doming autem eos blandit rebum takimata tation lorem no sit accusam iriure lobortis nonumy. Gubergren eirmod dolore lorem lorem justo hendrerit diam sanctus duo sit justo takimata. At ut gubergren ut et sea blandit exerci ullamcorper magna eos sed clita stet.
Ipsum nihil nonummy sadipscing. Ea dolore consetetur labore diam. In elit lorem stet. Cum sadipscing feugiat. Kasd veniam molestie no takimata ut sit dolor feugiat sea. Sanctus autem tempor ea accusam sed rebum vel clita et ea illum praesent est at sed nisl vel ut. Duo magna dolor rebum te no ipsum clita voluptua consectetuer sed. Facilisis et luptatum consetetur sadipscing ut elitr dolor possim duo vel dolor sit.
Sample Output H4
No dolore facilisi nibh. Diam accusam facilisi ad luptatum. Diam veniam nostrud at ea ipsum erat ipsum tempor sanctus ut aliquyam ut. In tempor et sit lorem vero dolores et vero. In nisl ipsum ut luptatum. Iusto lorem sanctus ipsum consetetur ea ipsum diam amet sanctus rebum sed consequat ea sit sit accusam sea dolore.
Facilisi vero sea vero sed in nonumy takimata ea autem consetetur. Labore elit sea sit et. Consetetur cum nonumy amet volutpat clita et. Quod aliquam consequat eu iriure tempor sea aliquam lorem eos dolor enim accusam. Augue lorem duo gubergren ut placerat clita ea voluptua lorem eirmod ipsum lorem diam et iusto erat ea amet. Amet sit nisl duo zzril at erat ipsum sit dolor consectetuer lorem accusam labore diam dignissim ex nam sed. Eos in clita in no ea illum dolores ipsum kasd diam tempor aliquyam lorem et stet.
Sample Output H4
Aliquyam sed at elitr lorem suscipit illum clita sea justo amet iriure diam nisl tempor dolores. Dolor justo justo elitr et. Kasd illum vero vero rebum nam sed duo imperdiet ipsum. Gubergren labore eos ea minim eirmod sea exerci sea rebum blandit elitr accusam accusam. Eu option stet diam duis.
Diam et takimata. Molestie ad augue dolores dolor iusto diam sanctus et tempor consetetur ut lobortis sit kasd labore gubergren. Consetetur sadipscing ipsum duo stet vero. Lorem sanctus elitr nibh lorem sadipscing nisl no accusam esse no gubergren at clita. Dolor lorem gubergren rebum sit wisi et diam dolor vero dolor consequat nam congue nonumy zzril qui. Vulputate ipsum et dolor lorem magna sadipscing.
Sample Output H3
Stet sit invidunt vero lorem consetetur stet at magna sea amet est amet stet et facilisis commodo dolor sed. Feugiat lorem takimata velit et nobis ea rebum est lorem erat accusam ea hendrerit lorem vero delenit sit. Assum vel magna amet et justo ut amet ut et. Vel soluta eos et luptatum nonumy sanctus magna ipsum. Aliquyam lorem esse. Nulla facilisis nonumy vero no. Vero et rebum sed accumsan lorem dolore duo invidunt. Nisl erat magna duis ipsum id et sadipscing et ea. Volutpat sed imperdiet lobortis amet invidunt te elitr diam nostrud. Sed erat sed aliquyam lorem accusam luptatum sed ut iusto.
Lorem sit duo eirmod consequat accusam sanctus zzril aliquip consetetur. Consetetur duo tempor ipsum rebum qui nonumy at vel vero dolores dolor dolor molestie et sanctus eleifend exerci amet. Lorem nonumy lorem dolore iusto sed dolor eos et et ipsum nonumy ea sit. Augue dolor tempor diam gubergren illum magna feugiat. Dolore magna ea invidunt option lorem invidunt ipsum. Soluta labore est et sanctus feugiat ut nisl ea ex option voluptua. Takimata takimata dolor eum nonumy augue no ut et soluta nibh tation lorem nostrud erat consetetur sadipscing elitr elitr. Consequat stet kasd delenit tincidunt elit at sit accusam ut eum et lorem et vero elitr amet. Gubergren dolore duis et elitr consequat nihil elit sanctus et sanctus sed placerat amet lobortis minim sit id.
Sample Output H4
Ea feugait eirmod sea amet sed est vel suscipit erat vel. Euismod diam dolore magna eleifend. Et et duo ipsum tincidunt ipsum id hendrerit sed ut sadipscing duo sea ipsum duis nostrud. Esse tation tempor tempor dolor te ipsum et diam suscipit invidunt ut nonumy stet facilisis. Dolore accumsan sit in ea justo duo vel sed clita possim sit dolor et stet sadipscing et stet. Facilisi amet tempor duo dignissim rebum sed.
Suscipit exerci eos et dolores ipsum. Et kasd at nisl gubergren assum eos sit nonumy sanctus. Amet sanctus ut veniam justo elitr amet illum et nonumy sanctus rebum ut diam lorem accusam eos sit diam. Et eirmod eu nihil illum sed vero commodo ipsum eos erat stet ea clita gubergren no. Dolor nonumy minim eos labore dolore erat dolore dolor ut. Clita duo eirmod augue amet eirmod justo clita te ut magna sanctus dolor sit zzril. Vero consetetur erat dolore ut nonummy in tation stet elitr consetetur lorem sanctus sea sit molestie. Gubergren tempor justo nulla blandit duis facilisis consetetur lorem vel elitr dolores sed erat est consequat vel. Elitr consequat no autem feugiat eros lobortis eleifend diam amet justo et dolor consetetur delenit et hendrerit zzril.
Sample Output H4
Vero ea sadipscing volutpat enim dolore zzril quod. Duis et erat volutpat. Lorem invidunt ipsum sit aliquyam consetetur amet. Invidunt adipiscing vero consetetur elit volutpat dolore takimata tempor vulputate sed stet et in est feugait ea. Clita rebum ad rebum et lobortis dolor nonumy diam at vero. Consetetur blandit iusto et rebum elit consetetur sea amet dolore eos sed.
In nulla sed amet option tation dolore accusam et tempor lobortis sanctus no esse at elitr diam elitr. Vulputate aliquyam eos. Dolore commodo at ea laoreet magna erat sed ipsum vero est dolores stet. Sit erat dolor labore iusto ut ut tempor. Accusam no dolores erat sanctus. Consetetur ut accusam dolores labore lorem eum dolore elitr facer diam eirmod eum luptatum lorem lorem et. Autem magna rebum. Takimata in et hendrerit sadipscing vulputate dolor diam nulla et et gubergren.